---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A SMALL HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ACCOUNT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A SMALL HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ACCOUNT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5189"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5189 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Connecticut Port Authority", "Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Harbors", "Studies", "Tourism", "Waterways"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Devin R. Carney", "Fred Gee", "Heather S. Somers", "Holly H. Cheeseman", "Irene M. Haines", "Kevin C. Kelly", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Matt Blumenthal", "Robin E. Comey", "Travis Simms"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05aedb2a-1993-4f93-9692-bd7377d8bf9f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c308c26597e5c25f0be482df0a58830b729e572b84ae0f570b2febe9ab01f2c8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 5189 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING A SMALL HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ACCOUNT.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **APP Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05189-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **CE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05189-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 437** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05189-R000437-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 642** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05189-R000642-FC.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 24-48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00048-R00HB-05189-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05189-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Devin R. Carney — primary (person)
- Fred Gee — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Holly H. Cheeseman — primary (person)
- Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
- Kevin C. Kelly — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Robin E. Comey — primary (person)
- Travis Simms — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2024-03-26** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/10/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-11** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 282
- **2024-04-11** FILE NO. 437
- **2024-04-16** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2024-04-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/30/24 `referral`
- **2024-05-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-05-01** NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2024-05-01** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01** FILE NO. 642
- **2024-05-03** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2024-05-03** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-03** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-03** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2024-05-03** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2024-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 444
- **2024-05-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2024-05-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-17** PUBLIC ACT 24-48
- **2024-05-21** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-21** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05aedb2a-1993-4f93-9692-bd7377d8bf9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).